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Liverpool loanee Divock Origi, currently on loan at Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, stakes his claim for miss of the season this week. Origi somehow manages to miss an open goal from a couple of yards, scooping the ball into the stands. A real gem.
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Divock Origi showing exactly why he can't get a game at Liverpool (Via @btsportfoo...

Last year, the FA changed the competition rules in the FA Cup to allow host clubs to charge whatever they pleased in FA Cup ties – previously ticket pricing had to be agreed by both clubs.
That minor change to the rules saw Reading fans charged £45 for their trip to Old Trafford and this time round it’s Derby County fans being stung for their third round visit to the 'Theatre of Dreams'.
“Unfortun...

Benevento are rock-bottom of Serie A - failing to win in 15 games so far this season with a -28 goal difference. But at last they've earned a point due to this injury time header from goalie Alberto Brignoli against the AC Milan. Great stuff.
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River Plate's goalie Germán Darío Lux was sent against Independiente this week for this act of lunacy some ten yards outside of his own box. The ref obviously gives him a straight red but Lux contests this for some reason. Baffling.
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Club Brugge's American goalie Ethan Horvath makes his And finally... debut this week with a classic goalkeeping error - somehow turning an innocuous cross from the Portuguese winger into the all-important equalising goal.
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(Pictured above: Humayun Islam of Bangla Bantams, winners of last year's Fans for Diversity Award, with Roisin Wood from Kick It Out.)
Next week (Monday 4th December) sees us dish out our annual FSF Awards in partnership with Virgin Media. And while everyone has their views on the best pundits, players and podcasts, the Fans for Diversity award is a little bit different, championing some of the un...

It's been a very busy time recently for FSF associate members the Bangla Bantams. Last night (14th November) the group's founder Humanyun Islam was honoured at the 4th annual Asian Football Awards with the Behind the Scenes award for the work he does in bringing the local Asian community together in Bradford and engaging them with their club.
The group have also been filmed by YouTube channel 90mi...

Have a look at this collective effort from Gintra who took on Barcelona in the Women's Champions League this week. After a goalkeeping howler, three Gintra players are clear through on the now-open goal yet conspire against themselves to ruin it all...
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Is the £30 cap on away ticket prices the end of away fan campaigning in the Premier League or can Premier League clubs do more?
The good news is that many are already going beyond the £30 cap to help their own travelling fans and we’d love to see all clubs getting in on the act – be they Premier League or EFL.
With that in mind we thought it’d be a good idea to find out what initiatives top-flight...

Huge changes are coming to the women's game after the FA announced plans for the WSL top tier to become professional only - Tony Farmer from FA WSL Fans United outlines his concerns about the move...
One week into the new FA WSL season, the FA announced that from the start of the 2018/19 season, the top tier of the women’s football pyramid would only be open to teams that are or become full-time ...